One Of THR Advertisers Has 22 LR

Ammo Alamo one of the Banner Advertisers has 22lr Value Packs of 525 rounds on sale if anyone needs some ammo. Only $249.95 that's only $230.00 more than it was before Sandy Hook. Get some before they sell out.

http://alamoammo.com/rifle-ammo/22-long-rifle/22-lr-federal-champion-36gr-cphp-525ct-m-id-aa-22-f-7169-upc-29465057169 They took this off the site since the thread started.

They still have 9mm Blazer Brass 50 count for only $49.95 per box.If you buy 20 boxes you can save .45 cents pre box....WOW look at the savings for a bulk buy!
http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm/9mm-blazer-brass-115-gr-fmj-50-rnds-m-id-5200-upc-76683052001

Obviously they got some calls from the thread. They havetaken down the value pack at $249.00 but the off brand 50 rd packs for $14.95
http://alamoammo.com/rifle-ammo/22-l...c-640420001296
Or the 50 round Federal 9mm FMJ that should sell for $9.99 for $54.99
http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm...pc-29465088224

9mm JHP for $69.99 for 50 rounds:http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm...pc-47700356501
$70 dollars for a box of 9mm amazing.

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ColtPythonElite

February 8, 2013, 09:05 AM

If they run out, I have 20 or so boxes that I will price match for you guys.

MaterDei

February 8, 2013, 09:11 AM

Gougers really suck. I suspect it's now time for the gouger defenders to lecture us on how it is just the free market. I would like to think that it is just a typo but these (low road descriptor) were at a recent gun show that I went to and they were gouging there too.

Red Tornado

February 8, 2013, 09:40 AM

They're free to charge whatever they want, but they're now added to my list of companies with which I'll never do business.

This shortage is really showing what sellers care about their customers and which ones will do anything for a buck. I'll just remember after it all blows over, and support the retailers who didn't try to stick it to me. I dont' mind someone raising their prices in a market flush with excess profits, but there's a limit. Past that, you'll never win back my business.
RT

jard

February 8, 2013, 09:42 AM

Wow, I guess I've got 10s of thousands of dollars of that ammo sitting in my reloading room right now.

roadchoad

February 8, 2013, 09:56 AM

I was hoping it was a typo, but they also have a 20rd box for 24.99, and .223 is $2 or more a round.

Ryanxia

February 8, 2013, 09:59 AM

That's why it's time to lay off the buying, let the prices come down.
Dry fire exercises, physical fitness, get those accessories you've been meaning to get, brush up on your gunsmithing, etc. until things calm down (which they already are starting to but not fast enough in my opinion).

armedaccountant

February 8, 2013, 10:04 AM

I found this funny, it is a direct quote from their page:

"Stop by our local Ammo office and get great discounts on Ammunition Sales, All Calibers!"

bannockburn

February 8, 2013, 10:23 AM

Wow at those prices I guess I'm sitting on a little gold mine right there in my basement! No wonder they call them "Golden Bullets"; they're priced like they were made out of the stuff.

radiotom

February 8, 2013, 10:31 AM

Don't buy it or anything else from them again. Simple.

Oh, and the people that do buy it deserve to be separated from their money.

Droid noob

February 8, 2013, 10:35 AM

Some schmuck will pay that price too.

akv3g4n

February 8, 2013, 10:45 AM

I was hoping it was a typo, but they also have a 20rd box for 24.99, and .223 is $2 or more a round.

Seriously. I was sure that he had mistyped the price. That is unbelievable. Even with the current gouging.

Certaindeaf

February 8, 2013, 10:51 AM

They are better because they are more expensive.. just like perfume. lolz

Bianchi?

February 8, 2013, 11:22 AM

I wouldn't pay those prices if that was 5.56.

Akita1

February 8, 2013, 11:47 AM

total ripoff; yes I'm a capitalist but $2/rnd for 223?

4v50 Gary

February 8, 2013, 11:51 AM

Forty-seven cents a round? Wow, they aren't giving them away, are they?

22-rimfire

February 8, 2013, 11:58 AM

Ammo Alamo one of the Banner Advertisers has 22lr Value Packs of 525 rounds on sale if anyone needs some ammo. Only $249.95 that's only $230.00 more than it was before Sandy Hook. Get some before they sell out.

Gee. I thought this was a serious thread. Maybe they are advertisers. I have no idea. Their price is absolutely ridiculous unless they mean a "case" of 10-bulk packs.

Yeah. You better line up and get some of that.

wingman

February 8, 2013, 12:06 PM

Gun control at it's best, high prices.;)

Walkalong

February 8, 2013, 12:06 PM

Capitalism works by not buying at these prices and not using said company later. I for one am making mental notes of places doing this.

gossamer

February 8, 2013, 12:08 PM

Ha! No sale.

Roadking Rider

February 8, 2013, 12:12 PM

Well they just earned a spot on my never to buy from list. I'm going to have to email this to my list of contacts to make sure they do not either.

Russ Jackson

February 8, 2013, 12:38 PM

Gee. I thought this was a serious thread. Maybe they are advertisers. I have no idea. Their price is absolutely ridiculous unless they mean a "case" of 10-bulk packs.

Yeah. You better line up and get some of that.
Gotcha....LOL

MedWheeler

February 8, 2013, 12:45 PM

I bet they could ask for double that if they marketed it as "5.56x11mmR" ammunition instead of ".22 LR"...

CoRoMo

February 8, 2013, 12:58 PM

...it's now time for the gouger defenders to lecture us on how it is just the free market.
How is it not the free market? If it's not the free market, then what is it?

Free market = they are free to price it and you are free to buy or not to. 'Free market' does not mean it is an ideal utopia of affordable deals. Even at ridiculous prices, even with unethical business practices, the market is still operating freely. Nobody's defending gouging by calling a freely operating market, a 'free market'; that's simply what it is. If it isn't a free market, it would be a 'regulated market' or a 'restrained market' or a 'bound or suppressed market' or a 'forced market'. But that's not what we see here. Nobody is regulating that company's price. Nothing is restraining that retailer's price. There is no external pressure that is forcing that business to price that box how they have. The priced it of their own free accord.

So how could you call it anything other than a free market?

It wouldn't be a free market if the government priced their products for them or if we were forced to buy it from them.

It's certainly not a logical way to do business, it's reckless and self destructive actually, but how is this not an example of the market operating freely?

bdgackle

February 8, 2013, 01:34 PM

As much as the gouging instinctively irks me, anyone selling 22LR at $30/550 would be sold out immediately. I'd rather have the option of buying at $0.50 a round than the alternative, which would be none available at any price. I won't be buying at that price -- but if the alternative was to cancel a match or hunting trip, it's nice to know the option is there.

Let me ask you this, is anyone out there willing to offer a bunch of 550 round packs for $40 each? $50 each? I'm guessing that unless you are already sitting on 10's of k of rounds (what was that about hoarding?), you're not real eager to part with your stock either. You'd probably think real hard about it if I offered you $250, though. Does that mean you are gouging?

There is a reason that everyone has high prices but ammo in stock, or regular prices and out of stock -- the current market conditions don't allow anything else.

Punishing a seller for gouging by never going back is perfectly reasonable -- you are using your long term business as a negotiating tactic, which makes sense. People that raise their prices 500% are indeed focusing on very short term customer relationships. Just don't fall for the illusion that someone who has ammo in stock at huge prices would also have ammo in stock if they charged lower prices.

Russ Jackson

February 8, 2013, 01:55 PM

Free idea of the day. Start an ammo auction site. AmmoBay.com

pty101

February 8, 2013, 02:20 PM

Do people actually buy at those prices? I guess if you just bought your first .22lr or AR you might spend more on ammo, but I wouldn't think they could sell much at those prices

Cricoid

February 8, 2013, 02:52 PM

Can someone start a running list of these gouging businesses? I've just added this one to my list, along with CheaperThanDirt. I'd love to see a running list made into a sticky so I'll know who to NEVER send money to ever again.

Strange Bob

February 8, 2013, 03:10 PM

not a typo ... I just called them. I added them to my list also. That would be the black list.

Strange Bob

February 8, 2013, 04:24 PM

The ad is now off their website ... maybe they sold that brick!

cowtownup

February 8, 2013, 04:25 PM

I may have enough 22 ammo to trade for a nice pistol at that price...

Russ Jackson

February 8, 2013, 04:45 PM

The ad is now off their website ... maybe they sold that brick!
Obviously they got some calls from the thread. Thay have not taken down the off brand 50 rd packs for $14.95
http://alamoammo.com/rifle-ammo/22-long-rifle/22-lr-aguila-super-colibri-lead-bullet-20-gr-fmj-no-gun-powder-50-rnds-m-id-1b222339-upc-640420001296
Or the 50 round Federal 9mm FMJ that should sell for $9.99 for $54.99
http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm/9mm-federal-american-eagle-115-gr-fmj-50-rnds-m-id-ae9dp-upc-29465088224

If they run out, I have 20 or so boxes that I will price match for you guys

I can do better than that. I'll sell up to 5 boxes at a discounted $200 each box; just so that I can one day say that I turned $1000 percent profit on something.

Russ Jackson

February 8, 2013, 04:54 PM

ammo alamo one of the banner advertisers has 22lr value packs of 525 rounds on sale if anyone needs some ammo. Only $249.95 that's only $230.00 more than it was before sandy hook. Get some before they sell out.

http://alamoammo.com/rifle-ammo/22-long-rifle/22-lr-federal-champion-36gr-cphp-525ct-m-id-aa-22-f-7169-upc-29465057169 they took this off the site since the thread started.

they still have 9mm blazer brass 50 count for only $49.95 per box.if you buy 20 boxes you can save .45 cents pre box....wow look at the savings for a bulk buy!
http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm/9mm-blazer-brass-115-gr-fmj-50-rnds-m-id-5200-upc-76683052001

obviously they got some calls from the thread. They havetaken down the value pack at $249.00 but the off brand 50 rd packs for $14.95
http://alamoammo.com/rifle-ammo/22-l...c-640420001296
or the 50 round federal 9mm fmj that should sell for $9.99 for $54.99
http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm...pc-29465088224

9mm jhp for $69.99 for 50 rounds:http://alamoammo.com/pistol-ammo/9mm...pc-47700356501
$70 dollars for a box of 9mm amazing.
update for some more of the specials they are offering!

Grassman

February 8, 2013, 04:57 PM

Capitalism works by not buying at these prices and not using said company later. I for one am making mental notes of places doing this.
+1....I will remember the places that were fair in their dealings, and those that were not. Hope you're reading this Cheaper than Dirt!

Russ Jackson

February 8, 2013, 06:34 PM

well done high road members since i posted the gouging at alamo ammo every item except the 9mm blazer at $49.99 per box has been removed. I am betting it will be removed shortly nice job! FLAWLESS VICTORY SUB-ZERO WINS!

xjsnake

February 8, 2013, 06:57 PM

Did you guys see the 20 rounds of black talon .380 for over $150?

WCraven

February 8, 2013, 10:06 PM

I was at my LGS today and it was kind of sad on ammo , i joked around and told them that they had more guns then ammo (which they did) also i pick up a box of 9mm American Eagle for $23.00 for 50 rounds just for the gun i have in layaway lol..

saenzrich

February 8, 2013, 10:55 PM

There prices have always been high...and some saps will keep the in business.

Outlaw Man

February 8, 2013, 11:04 PM

Remington 9mm 115gr FMJ 50 rds for $70.

Obviously I need to take my 500 round case to the gun show this weekend. That'll buy me an AR when all this settles down!

MedWheeler

February 8, 2013, 11:09 PM

I bought a .22 FEG pistol about a month ago, and was asked twice (once by the guy that got it out for me and once by the woman that checked me out) if I needed ammo for it. I responded to both that I had more "in stock" than they did, having already noticed their bare .22 shelf.

CZguy

February 8, 2013, 11:35 PM

Capitalism works by not buying at these prices and not using said company later. I for one am making mental notes of places doing this.

I agree. Ive started a file of companies that price gouge.

This temporary crisis has people showing their true colors.

Cryogaijin

February 9, 2013, 07:44 AM

I knew there was a reason I spent the last 4 years getting myself up to a decade's worth of ammo for each caliber I shoot.

kenken

February 9, 2013, 09:23 AM

That is the craziest pricing I have seen. People should boycott this company for such. I won't buy anything from them, ever. Maybe they will have an "after the panic sale" and offer a 5 for 1 price. I work in south Texas and there are several places that are the same way in pricing their stuff. Should go price some stuff at the gunshows in San Antonio. Unbelievable.

kenken

22-rimfire

February 9, 2013, 12:40 PM

...but if the alternative was to cancel a match or hunting trip, it's nice to know the option is there.

That's what friends are for. Those of us who do have some 22LR available would certainly not miss 500 or 1000 rounds of the common stuff. But that does not mean we are going to put it up for sale either. My ammo cabinet door is open as I type this and I suspect I see at least 30K rounds plus there are more stored elsewhere.

sonick808

February 9, 2013, 02:50 PM

does ANYONE have .22LR ? I want to plink :\

xxjumbojimboxx

February 9, 2013, 02:57 PM

Im all for capitolism, Price gouging can often times come with that. From what i know, when the supply is low, the demand, even on the retailer's, side gets very high, So... What it comes down to is that the retailers end up paying sufficiently more due to the demand... But 250 for a box of .22lr? Seriously? Thats taking it to a whole new level. This company obviously doesnt know its customer very well, and will likely go out of business unless they start selling stuff at cost ;)

gym

February 9, 2013, 03:49 PM

Wallmart yesterday 223 12 dollars for 20 rounds of 556. 60 cents a round winhester white box 55 grain 3 box max, bring the family and pick up a dozen boxes or just go in and out a few times, also had plenty of shotgun shells for about 60cents each, considering the gun show was 1.09 for AR and $2 bucks for 12 gauge buck, this was a bargain, also 45 was 22 a box for federal 230 grain. It gets put out every night at 8 pm in Vero Beach.
How or why anyone regaurdless of how much money they have would pay that much for ammo is beyond me. It's insulting.

bdgackle

February 9, 2013, 05:53 PM

What have we gained by them taking the items down? Satisfaction? The loss of the ability to identify and boycott? If they had a source of stock, it will be on gun broker. For all we know, that is how they got stock in the first place.

I really struggle with this. On an instinctual level, gouging makes me mad. I just can't make that feeling match logic though.

I think the illusion is this: I see items in stock. I want them at a fair price, but fail to recognize that were they at a fair price, they'd be in someone's stockpile and not in stock.

We tend to forget that all transactions are really auctions in disguise. Set prices at stores are a shortcut to that for time efficiency, not a replacement. The supply curve has not changed - if anything, the manufacturers are stepping UP production and shops are working harder to find stock. The demand curve HAS shifted. The "blame" lies with anyone who actually pays these prices.

Is it also immoral to buy ammo at 35 cents a round, when we would be willing to pay 50? When this bubble bursts, will it be immoral to take advantage of the resulting deals? If someone offers 50% of pre-Sandy prices dumping excess ammo, will you insist on paying more? Sellers seek to maximize price, buyers seek to minimize. Do these actions differ ethically? If so, how? My gut tells me they do... but I wonder if this is one of those rare cases where my gut is flat wrong.

JohnKSa

February 9, 2013, 06:05 PM

I like their quantity discount on the Blazer Brass 9mm.

If you buy a case, 1000 rounds, you get a 0.9% discount. If you buy half a case you get a 0.4% discount.

I don't believe I've ever seen any business advertise a discount of under 1% before.

KTXdm9

February 9, 2013, 07:25 PM

Check Gunbroker Sonick

jdex

February 10, 2013, 12:00 PM

Couldn't find anything under sonick.

xjsnake

February 10, 2013, 12:37 PM

does ANYONE have .22LR ? I want to plink :\
It's out there. You just have to strike when it's available. I ordered 1000 rounds of cci today for a decent price (not pre-panic but not gouging).

Batty67

February 10, 2013, 06:44 PM

I'm going to just keep on checking my local Wal-Mart, I get lucky about once a week and score 3 boxes of 9mm, or 45. I have not seen any 22 in 6 weeks, but I have 6k. You just have to be patient and be willing to pay a bit more, but ammo at reasonable prices can be found...

KTXdm9

February 10, 2013, 09:27 PM

Couldn't find anything under sonick.
Oops, I was referring to the poster who inquired earlier (sonick808). I just search for .22LR and usually get plenty of results.

Strange Bob

February 11, 2013, 12:40 AM

I'll show you a MAN'S caliber:

http://www.sail-oncarpets.com/gay_boy_gun_fighter.bmp
OUCH !!! Like a nail to the eye!

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